Posts on the Topic "extensionists"
The Inspire Challenge
20/07/2018
The CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture has announced “ The Inspire Challenge” which calls upon partners, universities, and others to use CGIAR data to create innovative pilots projects that can be scaled up. The winning teams will receive $100,000 to put their ideas into practice and the...
The Digital Innovation to Tackle Climate Change project
20/07/2018
The Digital Innovation to Tackle Climate Change Project was initiated in Senegal and Rwanda in December 2017 after the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU). This MoU seeks to...
"Drones for Agriculture" Knowledge Sharing Day, Sign-up Now
18/07/2018
FOSS4g2018 meeting will take place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from the 27th of August to the 2nd of September 2018 and there will be a large GIS community in attendance. In this light, CGIAR, IFPRI, WeRobotics and Tanzania Flying Labs are organising a "Drones for Agriculture" Knowledge Sharing Day...
Applications for "Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund" open
16/07/2018
The application for the mobile for humanitarian innovation fund for Round 2 opened on the 16th of July 2018 and will close on the 10th of August 2018. Eligible e-Agriculture CoP members are encouraged to apply. The GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund The GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian...
High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation launched by the UN Secretary General
13/07/2018
The United Nations Secretary General António Guterres announced the launch of a High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation. In a statement on the 13th of July, the UN Secretary General noted that, “The scale, spread and speed of change made possible by digital technologies is unprecedented, but the...
Invitation to the Interest Group in Agricultural Data (IGAD) Pre-Meeting P12 in Gaborone, Botswana
12/07/2018
Interested e-Agriculture CoP members are invited to the Botswana Research Data Alliance (RDA) Interest Group on Agricultural Data (IGAD) meeting in Gaborone, Botswana on the 5 -6th of November 2018. The Theme of the meeting is " Data Collection in Africa: State of the Art, Challenges and Solutions"...
FAO Ag-Lab innovation incubation event launched in Beijing
12/07/2018
Innovation lab gives youth the chance to unlock and accelerate social and economic potential of traditional agriculture sector This article was initially published by FAO China, and is reproduced for the e-Agriculture CoP 11/07/2018. New initiatives can empower the traditional agricultural sector...
Ugandan scientists to digitise agriculture chain with new apps
11/07/2018
The Ugandan National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) has launched 3 mobile apps to facilitate access to information on agricultural research. The East African reports that Boniface Akuku, director for ICT at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, helped Uganda develop...
Pitch AgriHack 2018 finalists announced
10/07/2018
The Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA) has announced the 26 finalists for the Pitch AgriHack 2018, where the 53% of the finalists are companies led by women founders or co-founders. The Pitch AgriHack was launched by CTA with the support of the African Development Bank...